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February 20 - 26, 2009 The Independent Weekly 4 www.independentweekly.com.au news Hearing over train noise T Suzie Keen orrens Parkresident Narelle Pageis one of many people living near the Melbourne-Adelaide railway line. “It’s not like it’s a clickety-clack or a chug-chug. It’s like you’re at central station and it’s going to come through your front door,” she said. “The first 10 seconds of the squealing is so loud you can’t hear the TV over it.” Although Ms Page and other families along the line in suburban Adelaide and parts of the Hills don’t necessarily know it yet, their life is going to get worse, not better. The Federal Government is spending $76 million to extend short- crossing loops between Adelaide and Bordertown. That means longer trains will use the line. Already the existing freight trains are so long the noise can continue for up to two minutes. Although Ms Page lives in a converted church with a front wall that is around 50cm thick, she and her young family are sometimes woken up to four times a night by the noise. “We didn’t realise when wemoved in how bad the squealing noise would be or how long it would last,” she said. The Federal Government is trying Narelle Page and daughter Iris Grasso. Photo: Kate Elmes to improve the network’s efficiency and fix the noise problem, but work on the Adelaide to Bordertown loops is expected to begin in June. The federal investigation into efficiency and noise isn’t likely to be finished until the end of October. Federal railways Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday announced that consulting firm GHD had been appointed to carry out that study. A departmental working group is working to ensure consultation with the community, and a discussion paper setting out the options is due by the end of July. Mr Albanese said the study would analyse current and future freight rail movements to and through Adelaide and “the impact of the current line on the community’s quality of life”. “The detailed study will be vital in making the best long-term decisions for Adelaide’s future freight needs, while balancing amenity for local residents,” he pledged. Meanwhile, a survey on Mitcham Council’s website asks residents to record the location, date and time of “wheel squeal events”. The council’s Rail Freight Sub- Committee has been working with the Environment Protection Authority and the Australian Rail Track Corporation to identify and reduce the noise problem. A spokesman for the EPA said that in the last year it had changed all environmental authorisations to direct the ARTC and other operators to address wheel squeal. Cr Ward believes there should be tougher laws to protect people from train noise in the same way that there are restrictions on airport noise. “It’s atrociously loud in the Hills. There are some shocking spots. We want to do something reasonable about it,” he said. Mitcham councillor Mark Ward led the Rail Freight Taskforce, which in 2007 released a detailed report recommending a new freight train bypass be built from Murray Bridge in the east to Mallala in the west. It would run through less populated, straighter and flatter country. Cr Ward said that although he was pleased with the progress being made on the Federal Government’s rail freight study, it was “a real concern” that loops on parts of the line would be extended before the study was complete. know yourself, understand your life. HOW MANY PERSONALITIES ARE YOU? David Haynes M.A., Ph.d (London) Psychotherapist & Counsellor Registered Psychologist Later Life Crises & Growth Men’s Issues Jungian-based dream work Career Counsellling Free ½ hour preliminary appointment Bridgewater Ph. 0411 986 080 Email: jungpsyc@chariot.net.au PERSONALITY MEASUREMENT FOR WORK, HOME AND SOCIAL LIFE: